Welcome to the first day of STT1810 Basic Statistics with Dr. Jill Thomley. To prepare for the beginning of our exciting journey…

• Log on to AsULearn!

• Find and open the link “STT 1810 Fall 2023 Syllabus”

• Find and open the link “Day 01 Introduction Slides”

• Begin to familiarize yourself with the course documents and our AsULearn site. AsULearn is the vital hub of our course for assignments and communication.

Let us review a few things to make sure we are all familiar with our course structure and expectations. But first…

• Medical research in high school at Medical College of Ohio
• BA in Psychology from Harvard — focus in social psychology
• MS in Industrial / Organizational Psychology from RPI
• Health care research at the VA hospital in Albany, New York
• PhD in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems from RPI
  • statistics and operations research
  • information systems and databases
• Statistical consulting in a variety of disciplines
• Grant evaluation, primarily in STEM education
• Basic, Excel, Fathom, StatCrunch, SPSS, SAS, Minitab, R, Git…
• Also, I just completely ♥ data!

Though truthfully, a better name would be Miss Fatty McCatty :)

Shortly we will switch over to the course syllabus and AsULearn and talk more about objectives and assessments.

As we review, remember that STT1810 is a 3 credit hour course. The standard expectation for a college course is that you spend 2 to 3 hours outside of class for every 1 credit hour of class.

3 + ((2 to 3) × 3) = 9 to 12 hours per week

We really only have 2.5 hours of class time per week; please don’t skip! Be sure to prepare for our limited interaction time.

The prerequisite for STT1810 course is MAT1010, which includes some statistics. If you come into the course with additional stats experience, you might not need as much time to master course concepts, but do not assume until you try.

Except for extreme emergencies, all written communication must be handled through your Private Forum on AsULearn. This will be new for most of you.

I prefer this method because it stores all exchanges in a place where we can easily access them all semester long and it keeps my class communications separate from the rest of my email (which can turn into a black hole).

We’ll look at this on AsULearn shortly!

Anyone can succeed in this course. The first step is showing up with the right mindset and engaging with the content.

Real learning occurs in stages that build upon one another, and each stage requires a deeper / more integrated level of thinking. Our course work helps you ascend the mountain!

Source: This graphic was created by Jessica Shabatura and is free for educational use with credit.

It is very difficult to learn statistics by just listening to someone lecture. In class, we will be using hands-on activities to engage with multiple parts of your brain.

These percentages are not strictly accurate, but they convey the right general idea about the different modes of learning.

Some activities, like WileyPLUS practice problems, offer multiple tries. Start early to leave time to ask for help! Fixing mistakes is a powerful way to learn.